What Piece of Evidence Suggests That Age Is NOT a Determining

question 2

Multiple Choice

What piece of evidence suggests that age is NOT a determining factor in the desire to change one's personality?

• A) College students are more likely to want to change themselves than do individuals in their sixties.
• B) There is little to no correlation between participants' age and their self-reported desire to change.
• C) Parents report that their children want to change more often than their children report wanting to change.
• D) There is a negative correlation between participants' age and their self-reported desire to change.

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Definitions:

John Watson

An American psychologist who is considered one of the founders of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior and rejecting introspection.

Structuralism

A theoretical paradigm in psychology and sociology that emphasizes the importance of understanding the structure of the mind or society, focusing on the configuration of its elements.

Cognitivism

A theory in psychology that emphasizes mental processes such as thinking, memory, problem solving, and language, seeing them as central to understanding human behavior.

Behaviorism

A psychological approach that emphasizes the study of observable behaviors rather than internal mental states, and the effects of environmental stimuli on those behaviors.